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Part 8

(d) a kite shall not be flown at a height of more than 30 metres above ground level within the aerodrome traffic zone of a notified aerodrome during the notified operating hours of that aerodrome;

(e) a kite shall not be flown at a height of more than 60 metres above ground level;

Regulation 2
Rules of The Air - Arrangement of Rules
Section III Lights and Signals to be shown or made by aircraft

14 Captive Balloons and Kites.

(1) A captive balloon or kite while flying at night at a height exceeding 60 metres above
the surface shall display lights as follows:

(a) a group of two steady lights consisting of a white light placed 4 metres above a
red light, both being of at least five candela and showing in all directions, the
white light being placed not less than 5 metres or more than 10 metres below
the basket, or if there is no basket, below the lowest part of the balloon or kite;

(b) on the mooring cable, at intervals of not more than 300 metres measured from
the group of lights referred to in sub-paragraph (a), groups of two lights of the
colour and power and in the relative positions specified in that sub-paragraph,
and, if the lowest group of lights is obscured by cloud, an additional group below
the cloud base; and

(c) on the surface, a group of three flashing lights arranged in a horizontal plane at
the apexes of a triangle, approximately equilateral, each side of which measures
at least 25 metres; one side of the triangle shall be approximately at right angles
to the horizontal projection of the cable and shall be delimited by two red lights;
the third light shall be a green light so placed that the triangle encloses the object
on the surface to which the balloon or kite is moored.

(2) A captive balloon while flying by day at a height exceeding 60 metres above the
surface shall have attached to its mooring cable at intervals of not more than 200
metres measured from the basket, or, if there is no basket, from the lowest part of
the balloon, tubular streamers not less than 40 centimetres in diameter and 2 metres
in length, and marked with alternate bands of red and white 50 centimetres wide.

(3) A kite flown in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (2) shall have attached to
its mooring cable either:

(a) tubular streamers as specified in paragraph (2), or

(b) at intervals of not more than 100 metres measured from the lowest part of the
kite, streamers not less than 80 centimetres long and 30 centimetres wide at
their widest point and marked with alternate bands of red and white 10
centimetres wide.